Reverse Dictionary: TRUTH

ADJECTIVES
► RIDGIE-DIDGE genuine, the truth → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► SINGLE-TONGUED truthful → 1897 Sc.
► SOOTH speaking the truth; truthful → 1250
► SOOTHFAST speaking or adhering to the truth; veracious, truthful, true, faithful, loyal → 825 arch.
► SOOTHFUL true; truthful, veracious → 1587 obs.
► SOOTHLY truthful; true, real → 888 obs.
► VERIDICAL speaking, telling, or relating the truth; truthful, veracious → 1653
► VERIDICOUS truthful, veracious → 1817
► VERIFICAL speaking the truth, truthful, veracious → a1660 obs.
► VERILOQUOUS speaking the truth; truthful, veracious → 1672 obs.
► VERITABLE of persons: speaking the truth; truthful, veracious → 1489 obs.

ADVERBS
► AEFAULDLY in a truthful and sincere manner; without duplicity; honestly, faithfully → 1472 Sc.
► FAIR DINKUM honestly; really; seriously; truthfully → 1894 Aust. sl.
► FAITHLY with fidelity; faithfully, loyally, steadfastly, truthfully → c1325 obs.
► OF RIGHT correctly, accurately, truthfully → 1494 obs. 
► ON THE DEAD in earnest; sincerely; straightforwardly; honestly, truthfully  → 1888 sl.
► SOOTH truly; truthfully; in truth → 1000 arch.
► SOOTHFAST adv. truthfully, truly, veritably → 1300
► STRAIGHT-UP speaking truthfully → 1936 sl.
► VERIDICALLY truthfully → 1836
► VERITABLY with truth or verity; truly, truthfully; genuinely, really → 1481

INTERJECTIONS & PHRASES
► CLOSE TO HOME uncomfortably close to the truth → 1999 (Bk.)
► CROSS MY HEART used as an assertion that one is telling the truth → 1908 sl.
► CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE used as an assertion that one is telling the truth → 1908 sl.
► I’LL TOW THAT ONE ALONGSIDE FOR A BIT BEFORE I BRING IT ABOARD among Nova Scotia fishermen: used for expressing doubt about the truth or reliability of an idea or project → 1992 Can. sl.
► ON MY LIFE! an affirmation of absolute truth in the face of an audience’s scepticism → 19C
► SCHOOL IS OUT the truth has come out and the consequences must be over; the time for restraint is over → 1858 Amer. dial.
► SCOUT’S HONOUR used as a mocking pledge or oath to tell the truth → 1984 US sl.
► T’AINT NO CRACK, BUT A SOLID FACT what I am saying is the truth → 1973 US sl.
► WARTS AND ALL without concealment of the (unattractive) truth → 1930 sl.

NOUNS
► BABE RUTH the truth → 1970s NZ prison rhyming sl.
► BEN the truth → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BIBLE the truth → 1920s African-American sl.
► BIBLE-TRUTH God’s truth → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► CHALK, THE something that is genuine; truth → 1843 US sl.
► CHAT the truth, the apposite thing, the subject under discussion → E19 sl.
► CREDENCY belief in the truth of something; a belief → 1648
► DEAD NUTS, THE the truth; a certainty → 1970s sl.
► DINKUM the truth → 1915 Aust. sl.
► DINKUM OIL the honest truth; reliable information → E20 Aust. & NZ colloq.
► DRUM, THE the truth → 20C Aust. sl.
► FACK fact, truth, reality → 1836 Sc.
► FAT MEAT the truth → 1940s African-American sl.
► GOOD OIL, THE the truth, reliable information → 20C Aust. & NZ sl.
► GOSPEL the truth → a1250
► HOT SKINNY the truth; the straight word → 1969 US Air Force Academy cadets’ sl.
► LEAL truth → 19C Sc.
► LOGOLATRY worship of words; unreasonable regard for words or for verbal truth → a1834
​► MARROW-TRUTH the simple truth, the very truth → 1888 Eng. dial.
► NITTY-GRITTY the core of truth → 1960s Amer. sl.
► PIF the ‘real’ truth, what is essential as opposed to the apparent; a revelation or ‘epiphany’ → 1970 US students’ sl.
► PLAIN DUNSTABLE, THE the unvarnished truth → 1747 obs.
► RIDGIE-DIDGE the truth → 1999 Aust. sl. (Bk.)
► RIGHT WAY OF IT, THE the facts or truth of a matter → c1876
► RIGHTEOUSNESS truth → a1225 obs.
► SKINNY the truth → 1970s sl.
► SOOTH 1. truth, verity → 950
2. a true thing or saying; a truth → 1200 obs.
► SOOTH, THE the truth, the real or actual facts, circumstances, etc. → 897
► SOOTHHEAD truth, verity → 1340 obs.
► SOOTHNESS a being true; truth, verity; fidelity, faithfulness; reality, fact → 1275 obs.
► SOOTHNESS, THE the truth → 1297 obs.
► SOOTHQUIDE a true word or saying; a truth; a proverb → 888 obs.
► SOOTHSAW 1. a speaking the truth; truthfulness, truth → 950 obs.
2. a true saying, statement, or account; a truth → 1250 obs.
► SOOTHSHIP truth →  1320 obs.
► STRAIGHT, THE the truth → 1866 US sl.
► STRAIGHT DOPE the truth → 1892 sl.
► STRAIGHT GOODS the truth → 1892 US sl.
► STRAIGHT OIL the honest truth, the facts → 1941 Aust. sl.
► STRAIGHT SKINNY, THE the truth; the straight goods → 1970s US sl.
► STRONG OF, THE refers to the truth about something or the point or meaning of something → 1915 Aust. sl.
► VARIANCE divergence from the truth → c1450 obs.
► VERIDICALITY truthfulness → a1901
► VERIDICALNESS truth-speaking or the quality of speaking the truth → 1727 obs.
► VERIMENT truth; verity → 1518 obs.
► VERINESS actuality, reality, truth → 1574 obs.
► VERISIMILITUDE an apparent truth → 1783
► VERITABILITY a truth or verity; a true statement, correct account → 1864
► VERITABLE GACK, THE the sad truth → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► VERITABLENESS truth, veracity → 1664 rare
► VERITY 1. truth, either in general or with reference to a particular fart; conformity to fact or reality → c1375
2. a true statement, a correct account, truth → 1533
3. truthfulness, veracity, sincerity → c1555
► WORD FROM THE BIRD, THE the genuine truth → 1950s Amer. sl.

NOUNS – PERSON
► SOOTHSAYER a person who speaks the truth; a truthful or veracious person → 1340 obs.
► SQUARE SHOOTER a truthful, direct, honourable person → 1914 US sl.
► TOM TELLTRUTH a truthful person → 1600
► TRUTH-MOUTH one who speaks only the truth → 1922 Amer. dial. 

PHRASES
► THE WORD WITH THE BARK ON IT a blunt statement of one’s unalterable will or opinion; the unvarnished truth → 1839 Amer. dial.

VERBS
► BEHIGHT to assure one of the truth of a statement; to warrant → c1386 obs.
► CALL SOMEONE’S BLUFF to force someone to justify or validate a pretense; to require the truth → 1870s Amer. sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S CARD to call someone’s bluff → 1980s US sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S GAME to call someone’s bluff → 1980s US sl.
► CALL SOMEONE’S HAND to issue a challenge, to call someone’s bluff → M19 US sl.
► COME CLEAN to tell the truth → 1919 sl., orig. US
► CONTRUTH to be true together; to agree in truth → 1650 obs.
► CROSS THE HASSAYAMPA RIVER to become unable to tell the truth → 1927 Amer. dial.
► EMPTY THE BAG to tell the whole story; to tell or disclose the whole truth; to wind up an argument or discussion → 1893
► FACK to tell the truth; to utter facts → 1940s African-American usage
► FACT to speak frankly and truthfully → 1942 African-American sl.
► GET THE STRAIGHT to get the truth → 1866 US sl.
► LEVEL WITH to tell the truth → 1920 sl., orig. US
► NEVEN to tell a story, the truth → c1350 obs.
► OWN UP to admit truth or responsibility; to confess → 1853 colloq.
► POP OFF ► POP OFF AT THE MOUTH to confess, to tell the truth → 1920s sl.
► SHOOT THE WORKS to tell the truth; to reveal all → 1922 US sl.
► SING LIKE A CANARY to tell the truth; to inform to the police; to tell everything → 20C sl.
► SPLIT FAIR to tell the truth → M19 sl.
► SWEAR BLIND to make a strong assertion that one is telling the truth (often with the implication that one is not) → 1937 sl.
► TELL IT LIKE IT IS to tell the complete, unadulterated truth; to be forthright → 1964 sl., orig. African-American usage
► TELL THE TRUTH AND SHAME THE DEVIL to boldly tell the truth in defiance of temptation to the contrary; to reveal all at any cost → 1793
► TRUTHIFY to act or speak truly; to behave in accordance with the truth → 1647 obs.
► VARY to depart from the truth → c1430 obs.